PRESS QUOTES
BRIGHTON COMEDY FESTIVAL 2009
"Teeuwen’s in a world – and a class – of his own. Bloody weird but
bloody funny, his affected madness is a distinctive delight." CHORTLE
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FROM THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2009:
"This year's demonic and destabilising show sends audiences out into
the night wrung dry of laughter and looking shell shocked" Guardian
*****
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"The absurdist Dutch comedian whose musical tribute to the late Michael
Jackson is worth the admission price alone" Sunday Times

"In his gloriously times finale, he deliberately pounces on our prudish
sensibilities with a song so brilliantly explicit it would be ruining
it to explain. Suffice to say it is the perfect end to a near-perfect
routine, rounding off a show that should be another large stepping
stone in Teeuwen's attempt to conquer the UK" Fest *****

UK/EIRE COVERAGE 2007 - 2009

"Teeuwen is divisive in the way that Marmite might be
considered divisive, if Marmite was also radioactive and militantly
pro-choice. His comedy is not only a matter of taste; it requires an
irony threshold the size of a postal district and enough familiarity
with comedy to know just how subversive he is being. In short, he is
revolutionary." Irish Times

"He's a hugely valuable addition to the circuit - one of those
inspirational stand-up orators, like a Bill Hicks or a Doug Stanhope,
whose message once sampled is hard to forget" Guardian 4/4/09
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"one of two stand-out stars of the night; joyous news for those
who would argue that you don’t need to be bland to be popular... when
[Teeuwen] bangs out his brilliant set pieces as he did here, his manic
energy, air of unpredictability and just plain daftness hits the spot.
He’s never going to be for everyone – many were surely baffled by why a
man making his sock puppet eat a Mars bar could possibly be funny – but
his songs about Nostradamus, his own name and a convoluted story about
the sort of movies he likes certainly won this twisted cabaretier
plenty of fans tonight." Chortle

"After
all, he is one of the few comedians now working to whom the word genius
might be applied, if only because no other terms seem any more, or
less, suitable. Watching his shows is unlike any other standup
experience: one minute you are hysterical, the next, you want to hide
behind your chair." ***** The Guardian 8/8/08 »view article online

“Being Dutch, Hans Teeuwen does not know that stand-up's
aren't supposed to combine such mutually exclusive modes of operation
as freeform surrealism, obscene physical clowning, incisive political
satire, note perfect musical parody and spontaneous
improvisation in the same show, and appears to have become an entirely
unique proposition perhaps entirely by accident ... the best stand-up
I’ve seen in ages” Stewart Lee

“Teeuwen is among the funniest performers I have seen, and
his sado-Dadaist cabaret is a masterclass in laughter … [he] brings to
the material a potent combination of delinquent devilry, recklessness
and a commitment that is so intense, so physical, it could stun anyone
at 20 paces. Which is more or less what Teeuwen does” ***** The
Guardian, 24/1/08

“… Teeuwen is about as funny as funny gets” **** The Times

"Surely one of the top five comics in the world" Scotsman

"Teeuwen
is a sublime example of absurdist and surrealist comedy, his flawless
delivery gutsy and energetic. If there are still tickets left by the
time you read this, go and see him - you'd be mad not to spend some
time with this breathtaking performer" ***** Metro

“An unholy mix of Nick Cave, Chris Morris, Jim Carrey and Iggy
Pop (and probably a few more besides), the Dutch comedian is hard to
take your eyes off.”
The Independent 28/1/08

Teeuwen, first came to British attention headlining the
AMSTERDAM COMEDY COLLECTIVE at the Edinburgh Comedy Rooms in August
2007 when he was described as ‘the find of this year’s festival” by the
Guardian. Invited by Soho Theatre to perform a two-week season last
January, Teeuwen sold the venue out before he opened. Hans then won a
2008 Chortle Award. He played six nights at the Arts Theatre in April
08, he sold-out his first solo gigs at the at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival 2008 and appeared on the bill of Amnesty International’s
Stand-up for Freedom gig. He appeared at BAC and Leicester Square
Theatre in October 2008. And performed a further sell out week at
Leicester Square Theatre in March 2009 and then sold out the Udderbelly
at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe during August 2009. He has also
performed at numerous UK and Irish festivals including Latitude,
Leicester Comedy Festival, Glasgow Comedy Festival, Cat Laughs Comedy
Festival in Kilkenny and Manchester Comedy Festival.
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